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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2016, 2:39 AM PST for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Nov 16, 2016, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2016, 2:39 AM PST (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2016, 8:08 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486 WWUS75 KLKN 161039 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 239 AM PST WED NOV 16 2016 NVZ040-041-170000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.161116T2000Z-161117T0900Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 239 AM PST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS, CAMPERS, TRAILERS, AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
120 WWUS75 KLKN 162234 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 234 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016 NVZ040-041-170900- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161117T0900Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 234 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MID- EVENING HOURS THEN WEAKEN LATER IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS, CAMPERS, TRAILERS, AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
684 WWUS75 KLKN 170408 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 808 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016 NVZ040-041-170515- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161117T0900Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 808 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS ARE STILL GUSTY AND WILL REMAIN SO OVERNIGHT, BUT SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN MOST AREAS. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.